Recentbj published Ornithological JVorks. 379 



recommended to take special note of the Introduction, and 

 in particular of the species now bracketed Avhich were 

 admitted by Mr. More, such as the Marsh -Titmouse and 

 the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. We should hardly have 

 considered it necessary, however, to bracket the Kite, so 

 common in Great Britain of old, as individuals from Wales 

 must surely at times have crossed (and even now may cross) 

 the sea to Ireland. 



47. Van Oori on a neiv Macruropsar. 



[On Macmropsar magnus brevicauda, nov. subsp., from the Island of 

 Mefour. By Dr. E. D. Van Oort. Notes Leyd. Mus. xxx. p. 69 (1908).] 



Macruropsar magnus of Schlegel is represented in the 

 Leyden Museum by a series of specimens from the island 

 Soek or Soepiori,of the Schouten group, collected by v. Rosen- 

 berg, which all agree with one another. On the other hand, 

 all examples of the same form from Mefour, though similar 

 in plumage, have shorter wings and tail. Dr. Van Oort 

 characterizes them as constituting a new subspecies under 

 the title M. m. brevicauda. 



48. Van Oort on a new Chalcopsitta. 



[On a new Species of Chalcopsitta from N.W. New Guinea. By Dr. E. 

 D. Van Oort. T. c. p. 1.^7.] 



The '^magnificent new species of Chalcopsitta," which it 

 is proposed to call spectabilis, is nearly allied to C. insignis of 

 Oustalet, but differs in many respects. The type-specimen, 

 a male, was obtained by La Glaize in 1876 at Mambrioe in 

 N.W. New Guinea. 



49. Van Oort on the Birds of the Netherlands. 



[Contribution to our Kuowledp-e of the Avifauna of tlie Netherlands, 

 being a List of all the Species of Birds hitherto observed, with Special 

 References to Specimens in the Leyden Museum. By Dr. E. D. Van Oort. 

 T. c. note xviii.J 



The Ornithology of the Netherlands is of special interest 

 to the students of British Bird-life, and we are glad to see 

 that more attention has been paid to it of late years. 

 Besides the present paper, we have received a copy of 



